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A man profits more by the sight of an idiot than by the orations o

A man profits more by the sight of an idiot than by the orations of the learned. – Arabic Proverb

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Only Socrates knew, after a lifetime of unceasing labor, that he was ignorant. Now every high-school student knows that. How did it become so easy? – Allan Bloom

Hanlons Razor:
Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. – Anon.

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